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Volume 71, No. 1 • 2011
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
71
G. Randy Keller, Oklahoma State Geologist
THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY in the University of Okla-homa
Mewbourne College of Earth and
Energy is a state agency focused on
research and public service. Chartered
in the Oklahoma Constitution in 1907,
it is the only geological survey writt en
into the constitution of a new state. Its
creation was signed into law on May
29, 1908.
The OGS is charged with inves-tigating
the state’s land, water,
mineral and energy resources and
disseminating the results of those
investigations to promote the
wise use of Oklahoma’s natural
resources consistent with sound
environmental practices. It operates a
200,000-square-foot warehouse facil-ity
located off -campus, the Oklahoma
Petroleum Information Center, that is
dedicated to the preservation of cores,
samples, logs and completion reports
that date back to pre-statehood and
a geophysical observatory south of
Tulsa.
Programs and projects of the OGS
include Earth Science education, earth-quake
monitoring, data preservation,
fossil fuel-related research, geologic
mapping, industrial minerals research,
organizing workshops on a variety of
geoscience topics, geologic hazards
studies, and projects in cooperation
with state and federal agencies.
Notable recent activities include
installing an array of about 10 portable
THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY — A STATE AGENCY
FOCUSED ON RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE...
seismographs east of Oklahoma City to
monitor the swarm of small earthquakes
that has created a lot of public interest.
The new seismologist at the OGS, Austin
Holland, has been extremely busy on this
eff ort, as has Amie Gibson at Leonard (see
article below).
Providing digital records of and or about
the vast data holdings of the OGS is a
major emphasis that has been aided by
a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Two other grants for data compilation and
database construction have been approved
for funding. The OGS also is helping the
eff ort to create the Energy Libraries Online
that is being led by the petroleum infor-mation
libraries of the Oklahoma City,
Tulsa and Ardmore Geological Societies
(article on page two).
OGS Quarterly Earthquake Report 2010 4th Quarter
Austin Holland, OGS Research Seismologist;
Amie Gibson, OGS Research Scientist II
There were 338 earthquakes in the
fourth quarter of 2010 (Figure 1). The
majority of these earthquakes occurred
in Oklahoma, Coal and Lincoln coun-ties
with 204, 59, and 28 earthquakes
respectively for each county. Earth-quakes
in Oklahoma and Coal coun-ties
are part of ongoing earthquake
swarms that occurred throughout
most of 2010. There were 16 diff er-ent
counties which had earthquakes
located within their boundaries.
Continued on pg. 3 Figure 1

Volume 71, No. 1 • 2011
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
71
G. Randy Keller, Oklahoma State Geologist
THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY in the University of Okla-homa
Mewbourne College of Earth and
Energy is a state agency focused on
research and public service. Chartered
in the Oklahoma Constitution in 1907,
it is the only geological survey writt en
into the constitution of a new state. Its
creation was signed into law on May
29, 1908.
The OGS is charged with inves-tigating
the state’s land, water,
mineral and energy resources and
disseminating the results of those
investigations to promote the
wise use of Oklahoma’s natural
resources consistent with sound
environmental practices. It operates a
200,000-square-foot warehouse facil-ity
located off -campus, the Oklahoma
Petroleum Information Center, that is
dedicated to the preservation of cores,
samples, logs and completion reports
that date back to pre-statehood and
a geophysical observatory south of
Tulsa.
Programs and projects of the OGS
include Earth Science education, earth-quake
monitoring, data preservation,
fossil fuel-related research, geologic
mapping, industrial minerals research,
organizing workshops on a variety of
geoscience topics, geologic hazards
studies, and projects in cooperation
with state and federal agencies.
Notable recent activities include
installing an array of about 10 portable
THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY — A STATE AGENCY
FOCUSED ON RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE...
seismographs east of Oklahoma City to
monitor the swarm of small earthquakes
that has created a lot of public interest.
The new seismologist at the OGS, Austin
Holland, has been extremely busy on this
eff ort, as has Amie Gibson at Leonard (see
article below).
Providing digital records of and or about
the vast data holdings of the OGS is a
major emphasis that has been aided by
a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Two other grants for data compilation and
database construction have been approved
for funding. The OGS also is helping the
eff ort to create the Energy Libraries Online
that is being led by the petroleum infor-mation
libraries of the Oklahoma City,
Tulsa and Ardmore Geological Societies
(article on page two).
OGS Quarterly Earthquake Report 2010 4th Quarter
Austin Holland, OGS Research Seismologist;
Amie Gibson, OGS Research Scientist II
There were 338 earthquakes in the
fourth quarter of 2010 (Figure 1). The
majority of these earthquakes occurred
in Oklahoma, Coal and Lincoln coun-ties
with 204, 59, and 28 earthquakes
respectively for each county. Earth-quakes
in Oklahoma and Coal coun-ties
are part of ongoing earthquake
swarms that occurred throughout
most of 2010. There were 16 diff er-ent
counties which had earthquakes
located within their boundaries.
Continued on pg. 3 Figure 1